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A Summer Place is a american film of genre Drama directed by Delmer Daves released in USA on 18 november 1959 with Richard Egan
A Summer Place (1959)
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Add to a movie listA Summer Place is a 1959 romantic drama film based on Sloan Wilson's 1958 novel of the same name. Delmer Daves directed the movie, which stars Richard Egan, Dorothy McGuire, Troy Donahue, and Sandra Dee. The film is remembered for one of its musical themes.
Synopsis
A pair of onetime teenage sweethearts and lovers, Ken (Richard Egan) and Sylvia (Dorothy McGuire), come from different social strata. Ken was a self-supporting college student, working as a lifeguard at the Maine resort of Pine Island, while Sylvia's nouveau riche family stayed as guests of the owners one summer between years at college. After their love affair, they married other people. Twenty years on, Sylvia has a son, Johnny (Troy Donahue), and Ken a daughter, Molly (Sandra Dee).Actors
Richard Egan
(Ken Jorgenson)
Dorothy McGuire
(Sylvia Hunter)
Troy Donahue
(Johnny Hunter)
Sandra Dee
(Molly Jorgenson)
John Arthur Kennedy
(Bart Hunter)
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